sirgo

Catalan

Verb

sirgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sirgar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾɡo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈsiɾɡo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈsiɾħo/ [ˈs̺iɾ.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -iɾɡo

• (standard) Rhymes: -iɾɡo
• (gheada) Rhymes: -iɾħo

• Hyphenation: sir‧go

Noun

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. (archaic) silk
2. (rare) fishline

   Synonyms: liña, liñó, sedela, tanza

Derived terms

• sirga
• sirgar
• sirgo da raposa

References

• “sirgo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sirgo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “sirgo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sirgo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “sirgo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• silgo

Etymology

From Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡo/

Noun

sirgo m

1. silk
   • 13th c., Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão da Guarda, B 1306: Pois a todos avorrece (facsimile)

     ela t(ra)ge camiſa / De ſirgo

     she's wearing a silk shirt

   • 1434, M. Lucas Alvarez, editor, Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537), Consello da Cultura Galega, page 358:

     Item mando a a dita Ynes a mina touca que ten os deytados postiços et que esta en duas peças, et huna das peças ten huna orela con ouro et con sirgo verde

     Item, I bequeath said Inés my [nun's] headdress, that has detachable laterals[?] and that comes in two pieces, and one of them has a trim with gold and green silk

2. silkworm

Synonyms

• (silk): seda
• (silkworm): babou

Descendants

• Galician: sirgo
• Portuguese: sirgo

Further reading

• “sirgo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sirgo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sirgo (“silk, silkworm”), from Latin sēricus (“made of silk”), from Seres (“the Chinese”), from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “China, the Chinese”), possibly from Mandarin 絲／丝 (sī, “silk”). Doublet of sérico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɦ.ɡu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɦ.ɡu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsiʁ.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɻ.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɾ.ɡu/ [ˈsiɾ.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: sir‧go

Noun

sirgo m (plural sirgos)

1. silk

   Synonym: seda

2. silkworm

   Synonym: bicho-da-seda

Spanish

Verb

sirgo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sirgar